First off I'd like to start by saying I'm not Roland but I'm a season ticket holder of 25 years and regular away traveler.
I bought my house a few years ago from an elderly man, Now he had tried his hardest to look after and love it but in the end it was all to much for him. When I bought the place it was very dated and in need of major work, can you see where I'm going with this. So the first thing I done was got my mate round who's a plasterer (I know what he can do and like his work). My next job was the decorating, again I got one of my mates round who I trust and like his work. I went out and picked the paint I wanted, I then brought the paint back to him and instructed him as to which colours were going in which rooms and let him get on with it, but even though I trusted him with the job in hand I still popped in every evening to check everything was going ok.
It then got to the stage where I had to move my family into the new house, but I was lucky enough to be able to keep my old flat too, I guess you could say I was building up my network.
Fast forward six months and I started renting my flat out, But even though I have a complete stranger living in my flat I still love the place and still pay out for work to be done on it to keep it nice (it is still my flat after all).
Now back to my current project my new house, I've decided I want to get an extension to make the place bigger and better. Do I look through the yellow pages for a builder I've never met or do I get my mate in who has he's own building company. That's right I get my mate in because I trust him to do a good job.
Now two years on and my house is finished and looks the business, But I went through a stage where the wife was nagging on at me because we were living on a building site, And I thought to myself is this really all worth the hassle. But I can say hand on heart I got there in the end even though it did take longer then I expected.
So when I hear fourteen year old kids singing we want our Charlton back I do have to laugh to myself, Remember good things don't come easy, In fact the harder something is to achieve the better it feels when you finally get there. So let's stop the argument's support our club and the harder we all work together the fast we will get there.
COYA
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I have supported Cafc 30 odd years and we never do things easy.
You rent the garden flat in a house and the owner, your landlord, lives in the flat above. The owner dies or sells on and the building has a new owner.
So they come in, shift a wall or two around in your flat, redecorate with striking patterned wallpaper, install an avocado bathroom suite, re stock your fridge and cupboards, throw out your favourite old jumpers, lay your lovingly tended garden to lawn.
The new owner says the top flat will have a series of short term tenants and let's, and would you be around to meet and greet the new occupants, and assist their arrival and departure?
They tell you it's going to work out OK, because they have after all repaired the roof, had the boiler serviced, and they intend to build a lovely new shed/workshop/summerhouse in the garden.
I don't know many who would be happy with this arrangement despite the location, location, location.
Talking of houses, I see in the news that Clarence House has been described as Wolf Hall. Is that not what The Valley is turning into under Two Shacks' leadership.
On the building analogy, it would not help having a project manager whose only experience of building work was conducting conveyancing, or builders following Belgian building regs, in South London.
Comparing what's going on to a house and flat haha
You want to save a bit of money so rather than get a proper builder/plasterer/decorator in you get a couple of college students learning the trade and pay them a lot less.
Pay peanuts get monkeys.
Us.
Standard Liege
Rolands gaff...probably
:-)
Don't shout at me. I am very hungover.
Time to stop blaming the owner, give the new management a chance and put some more responsibility on the players who are collectively talented and good enough to do a decent job at this level.
So, having had some considerable building work done on our last house, I can say that we were pleased with the final result but had to kick some ass to get the job finished to a high standard.
The parallel would be getting the players in the right frame of mind to flourish and exercise their God-given talents to the max - a bit like getting a talented joiner to stay behind an extra 10 minutes to sand the woodwork to a perfect finish, rather than knocking off on time and leaving some rough edges - and a bad taste in the mouth of the home owner who's paying them good money.
The footballers love the Rolex's and Range Rovers - let them justify those luxuries with serious commitment on the park.
Looking at yesterday's programme it shows that Roland is/has been paying a squad of 30 players (yes, some are out on loan) every week and with the revenue from season tickets and general attendance, you can be quite sure he ain't getting rich or skimming dosh from the club.
Agree with Jack Charlton's analogy.